The makers of the new mobile game Bit City have already tweaked one of their game’s microtransactions, just days after launch. I guess I wasn’t the only one who thought it was messed up, even by microtransaction standards.
Even Nintendo Seems To Be Abandoning Game Instruction Manuals
One of the last reliable supporters for the concept that video games should have instruction manuals appears to be backing off. Nintendo has released its first games on its new console without instruction manuals: nothing on paper and not even a digita…
We’re at PAX East—well, some of us and a lot of you!
We’re at PAX East—well, some of us and a lot of you! Kotaku reporters are in Boston to play some video games. Bonus points if you can find Waldo in this shot.
Yesterday, Our Headlines Rhymed
For much of yesterday, our headlines had a gimmick. They formed rhyming pairs, because it’d be too hard to make them a limerick. For those of you who noticed, we appreciate that you wrote us.
Switch Launch Game Snipperclips Is A Pleasant Surprise
Snipperclips is the low-key charmer of the Nintendo Switch launch, a download-only indie game turned Nintendo-published co-op puzzler. It’s $20, with a free demo and, as you can see in the archived livestream above, we had a good time with it.
Nintendo Advises Switch Owners With Joy-Con Connectivity Issues To Avoid Bundles Of Wires, Aquariums
In its first detailed acknowledgment of connectivity issues that some gamers are having with its new console’s Joy-Con controllers, Nintendo has offered suggestions—some of them incredible—about how to alleviate the problem.
In a sign that they’re probably not moving as much product as they want to, Oculus is cutting the pr
In a sign that they’re probably not moving as much product as they want to, Oculus is cutting the price of its Rift headset and Touch controller bundle (which we like a lot), from $800 total to $600. The Touch controllers, now $100, launched in December for $200.
In a sign that they’re probably not moving as much product as they want to, Oculus is cutting the pr
In a sign that they’re probably not moving as much product as they want to, Oculus is cutting the price of its Rift headset and Touch controller bundle (which we like a lot), from $800 total to $600. The Touch controllers, now $100, launched in December for $200.
A new Nintendo video shows the eshop that people who have the console early still can’t access.
A new Nintendo video shows the eshop that people who have the console early still can’t access. It shows some features, but is still light on details about how/whether purchases will be linked. We’ll know more when the system’s day one update hits. For now, our Switch is off-line only.
Early Impressions Of The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
My emotional journey over my first four hours of playing the new Zelda: liked it, grew skeptical of it, doubted it, regained appreciation, now hooked on it.Read more…